Chapter 11 New Shareholders of Bofors Corporation
Early the next morning, three young Germans were welcomed to the headquarters of Bofors. And these three people will not only change the fate of Bofors in the future, but also change their own fate.
After finding the secretary of the boss of Bofors and explaining to her, the female secretary said that the boss was meeting with important guests, and asked the three of them to enter the reception room and wait for the boss of Bofors.
However, when Philip and the others sat in the reception room and waited for nearly an hour, the boss of the Bofors did not show up.
Philip smiled bitterly: "Lucas, if I am not bad, it is not that the female secretary did not take us seriously and did not report to the boss at all, it is that the boss of this Bofors company deliberately left us aside like this." Socas, what do you think? ”
Lucas thought for a moment before replying, "Philip, you're right! But I think the female secretary must have lied at all, the boss of Bofors must have had no customers, she must have treated us like liars! No, we'll have to find a way to meet the boss of Bofors! ”
Anna said, "Why don't I go to the female secretary and talk to her?" ”
Philip shook his head and said, "Anna, it's useless, she won't pay attention to us at all. In this case, we will go directly to the boss's office, and if we can't do it, we will make a big fuss, and the boss Carl Gustav will definitely show up. ”
Lucas nodded and said, "That's all it can be!" Let's go! ”
To get to the boss's office, the three of them had to pass through the secretary's office, and when Philip and the others came to the secretary's office, they were stopped by the flamboyant female secretary.
The flamboyant female secretary said, "You three, won't I say it?" The boss is meeting with important guests, I don't have time to see you! ”
Anna said anxiously, "Miss Secretary, please do me a favor!" We really have something very important to talk to your boss, and it's definitely great news for your company! ”
When the female secretary saw that the three of them still refused to leave, she said fiercely: "If you don't leave, I will call the security guard!" ”
Seeing that the soft one didn't work, Lucas put on a fierce look and shouted loudly: "Get out of here, call your boss Carl to come in person, we have big business to discuss!" If your boss doesn't know the goods, then naturally he is stupid, we will go to Saab, hehe, this business will naturally be done by someone! ”
Not to mention that Lucas's voice is really loud, his roar can be heard almost all over the building! As soon as he finished speaking, a tall middle-aged man came out of the boss's office, needless to say, this person was the boss of Bofors, Carl Gustav.
Carl Gustav was indeed a shrewd man, with deep eyes and a high nose, which was shaped like an eagle's hook, and he knew at first glance that he was a scheming man.
Carl Gustav glanced at Philippe, then turned to his chair and sat down, and called out to the female secretary, "Sophia, let them in." ”
The female secretary Sophia's face turned a little pale, and she said contemptuously: "A few hillbillies, come in!" ”
Lucas looked at her fiercely when he heard this, and said loudly: "Miss Sophia, you will definitely regret your actions today, hum!" ”
Lucas, Philip, and Anna entered the office in turn and sat down across from Carl Gustaf.
Carl Gustav crossed his legs, looking as if nothing had happened, and after the three of them sat down, he said tentatively: "The three of you came to our Bofors company, I don't know what you are doing?" ”
Lucas smiled and said, "Mr. Karl, we're here to give you money." I don't know if you're interested in talking about it? ”
Karl's eyes flashed, but he still looked like he was unwavering: "Oh! I don't know what business the three of you want to talk to me about, so please tell me straight. ”
Lucas said: "Bofors is mainly dealing in explosives and steel, but also making artillery, right?" I wonder if Mr. Karl has any interest in light weapons? ”
Karl was surprised: "Oh, do the three of you want to buy small arms?" However, our company does not produce light weapons, and the current light weapons market is basically monopolized by the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, Germany, and France, and we do not have this strength. ”
Lucas laughed and said, "Mr. Karl, we are not here to buy light weapons, we are here to cooperate with Mr. Karl to produce a new type of rifle, I believe that Mr. Karl will be interested." ”
Karl shook his head and said, "The three should be Germans, right?" I know that Germany is really unique in the manufacture of guns, but even if you have a new rifle, we don't dare to produce it because the sales are really problematic! Similar weapons have long been monopolized by arms dealers of several large countries. ”
Lucas stretched out his finger and shook it, "No, no, no!" Mr. Karl, if you had looked at our drawings and listened to our presentation, you would not have said that. Philip, get your blueprints out and tell Mr. Carl about them. ”
Philip hurriedly took out a design drawing of a new assault rifle from his bag, walked up to Carl and handed it over, and then said, "Mr. Carl, this new type of rifle I designed is called an assault rifle. Assault rifles are reliable in action and good in service; Solid and durable, low failure rate; The structure is simple, easy to decompose, and durable. It is a new type of firearm with the advantages of submachine guns and rifles, with a caliber of 5.8 mm, the butt is made of engineering plastic, and it can be folded, which is convenient and beautiful. The most important thing is that it has high shooting accuracy, high power, the soldier carries 1.25 times the amount of ammunition of the existing rifle, which can effectively improve the continuity of firepower, it uses 30 rounds of magazine slave ammunition, can be single-shot, short point fire, long point fire, and can also use 100 rounds of drums to achieve the firepower of light machine guns. It can also be used as a sniper rifle with a scope. The most important thing is that after the use of small-caliber bullets, it can save a lot of precious metals and reduce production costs. ”
As an arms dealer, Karl can be said to be very sensitive to weapons, when he saw the drawings of the assault rifle at first glance, he was sure that this new gun will definitely become popular, maybe it will replace the current rifle, if the Bofort company produces this new rifle, it will definitely make a lot of fame, and at the same time the profit will be endless!
However, he is a businessman and knows how to keep prices down. Carl pretended to be unmoved and said, "Well, that sounds good! But it doesn't have much advantage over the current guns, and if no one accepts this design, then we have to invest a huge amount of capital, and it will be in vain. I'll have to think about it! ”
Lucas knew that this Karl was very shrewd, in fact, he was already moved, so he pretended to leave, stood up and said: "It seems that Mr. Karl doesn't want to make this money, Philip, Anna, then let's go to Saab Company, Boss Henry really wants to get it." ”
How could Carl let the wealth that was about to be handed over to others, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Three of you go slowly, let's talk about it again, Sophia, hurry up and brew our best coffee for the three distinguished guests." ”
Sophia reluctantly went to make coffee, and Karl smiled and said, "Three distinguished guests, don't get me wrong. As the largest shareholder and manager of the company, of course, I am responsible for the investors, to be honest, your new rifle is really good, as for whether it can withstand the test of the market, it is a matter for the future. Let's be straight, what conditions do you have? ”
Lucas said word for word: "Our condition is to become the new shareholder of Bofors!" ”